This presentation that support the young researcher in Egypt to learn how to conduct a professional presentation and discuss the key points of the presentation strcture and give tips for slides
2. Acknowledgment
The essential mission of
SRGE toward the research
and education in Egypt is
to foster learning and
promoting research
integrity in the current
and next generation of
researchers in Egypt.
SRGE is rededicating itself
to this fundamental
purpose.
**Slides are adapted from
several presentations on the
internet**
3. We may not be experts at public
speaking, but we are all experts
at listening to talks
Susan McConnell
Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University
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4. Agenda
Introduction
Key points for a presentation
Structure of a presentation
Key tips for slides
Conclusion
This is where
you list out the
broad range of
topics you will
present
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Introduction
This presentation is about how to give an
effective scientific presentation !
Why is it important
You would like to “sell” your work
How to do it
Some ideas and tips on how to do a
presentation and how not to do it are
presented.
Start with an
introduction.
This is
important to
build up a
context to
what you will
be presenting
Start
general, go to
specifics and
then end
general
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Contents
Introduction
Key points for a presentation
Structure of a presentation
Key tips for slides
Conclusion
Highlight the next topic
you are going to present.
This gives clarity to the
audience as to where you
are in the presentation
Don’t forget to number your slides
!
You might also want to include the
total number of slides that you
want to present 5/50
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Key points for a presentation
Who is the audience?
Do not expect every one to be an expert in the field
Do not underestimate them either.
How much time do you have?
POTS…
What is
that???
Plain Old
Telephone
System
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Key points for a presentation
Are you prepared for the technical devices to use:
Laptop, Beamer, Pointer ….
Be comfortable with the devices you need to use
Be aware that you are in a public form. Maintain
some decorum.
Mobile phones (Unless you are a VIP), Instant chats …..
Hot Sue is online..
The audience might be more
interested in that than your
presentation !!
11. The Intangibles
Expect the unexpected
Use your own laptop if
possible
Bring back-up media and
pointer
Check equipment right
before the talk
Presentation style is
important
Speak firmly, slowly and
confidently
Look at the audience
Learn to use pointer &
microphone
Practice! Practice! Practice! Practice! Practice!
12. Planning your slides
Timing is critical!
Going overtime is rude
A seriously under time talk
is embarrassing
Rule of Thumb: 2 minutes
per slide
Going faster will annoy the
audience
Conclusions &
acknowledgments
somewhat less
Only one concept (or experiment) per slide
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Structure of the presentation
Start General
This is a car
Build up a context to
your talk
Depending on your
audience you might
need to present at a
level a bit higher than
“DOS for Dummies”
17. Structure of the presentation
Go into specifics
Cars need a suspension
Most front wheel drive cars have a McPherson Strut
suspension
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Structure of the presentation
Go into even more details
Feel free to
use more
slides when
illustrating
details
Do not clutter
one slide…
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Structure of the presentation
What to do if you are starting with your work and do
not have details?
Start with the general build up of context
What is your project about
Go to specifics… Ooops !!! There are no specifics
If you don’t have enough work done to present, then state
your goals and objectives that you intend to achieve.
Discuss with your peers and seniors.
Try to be creative. The audience
wants to know about what work
you will be doing ……..
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Key tips for slides
Font
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog
The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog
Try to use “Sans
Serif” fonts.
Try to avoid “Serif”
fonts. These take
longer to read. “Serif”
fonts have a typeface
with a small stroke at
end of the letters
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Key tips for slides
To Bold or not to Bold
You can chose to use Bold letters to highlight words
If you want to typeset in Bold then keep in mind the
Font and Font Size
This does not look that good
This looks okay
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Key tips for slides
CAPITAL ERROR
AVOID WRITING WHOLE SENTENCES IN CAPITALS. IT IS
LESS READABLE AND MORE AGGRESSIVE
This is already much more readable
Use capitals for acronyms IMHO
In my humble opinion
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Key tips for slides
Font Size
Make sure it is readable to your entire audience
18 point
20 point
24 point
28 point
32 point
36 point
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Key tips for slides
There should be contrast in written text against the
background
This is OK This is OK
This is not OK This is not OK
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Key tips for slides
Give space in your slides.
If you use any logos and picture ensure that they
have a good resolution
For smaller audiences it might be a good idea to
give handouts to make the talk more personal
32. Key tips for slides
references
Put brief references
on each slide rather
than a “References”
slide at the end of
the presentation
(nobody ever leaves
this up long enough
to be useful)
35. Key tips for slides
Acknowledgment
It is customary to end the talk with an
acknowledgement slide thanking those who helped
you get to this point, and especially sources of
funding.
This slide could include logos, and a photo
of labmates
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Conclusion
This concludes a presentation on giving good
presentations
A bit of talk on key points for a presentation
And then a bit of structure of the presentation
And lastly a bit of talk on aesthetics to keep in mind for
a presentation